hammerhead

Meanings

Plural: hammerheads

Noun

• a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
• the striking part of a hammer
• medium-sized live-bearing shark with eyes at either end of a flattened hammer-shaped head; worldwide in warm waters; can be dangerous
• The portion of a hammer containing the metal striking face (also including the claw or peen if so equipped).
• Any organism with head shaped like that of a hammer:
• Any shark of the family Sphyrnidae, which only includes the genera Sphyrna and Zygaena, with eyes set on projections from the sides of the head.
• Any organism with head shaped like that of a hammer:
• A hogsucker, a fresh-water fish of species Hypentelium nigricans, in the sucker family Catostomidae.
• Any organism with head shaped like that of a hammer:
• A hammer-headed fruit bat, a fruit bat of species Hypsignathus monstrosus, with a large blunt nozzle.
• Any organism with head shaped like that of a hammer:
• A hammerkop, a bird of species Scopus umbretta.
• A stupid person, a dunce.
• A turn-around; a parking area constructed in a subdivision for initial access and construction.
• A kind of ribozyme; hammerhead ribozyme.

Synonyms

balance fish, blockhead, bonehead, dumbass, dunce, dunderhead, fuckhead, hammer fish, hammerhead shark, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead

Related Words

hammerhead ribozyme, hammerhead turn, hammerkop